nụ
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun (Botany):
- Bud: A small, undeveloped or embryonic swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot. The most common usage refers specifically to a flower bud.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Những cành đào đã có nhiều nụ. (The peach branches already have many buds.)
- Nụ hoa hồng sắp nở. (The rose bud is about to bloom.)
Advanced Usage
- "nụ cười": Literally "a smile bud," meaning a nascent or slight smile.
- Trên môi cô ấy nở một nụ cười dịu dàng. (A gentle smile blossomed on her lips.)
Variants and Related Words
- Búp (n): A bud or shoot, often used for tender new growth on trees like tea or bamboo.
- Búp chè non (young tea bud).
Synonyms
- Bud (the primary and direct translation).
- Bloom (when referring to the flower that develops from the bud).
Related Idioms and Expressions
- Chớm nụ: To begin to bud; figuratively, to start to show signs of something.
- Tình cảm mới chỉ chớm nụ. (The feelings have only just begun to bud.)
- Nụ cười xòa: A broad, open smile.
- Cô ấy đón tôi với nụ cười xòa thân thiện. (She greeted me with a friendly, broad smile.)
noun
- (Bot) bud
- nụ hoaflower-bud